Part 176

= They (+Es+) are really charming birds!

= But upon the heath it was charming!

+nach allen Seiten hin+; all = quite.

+Es waren dort.+

+deren Namen ich mir noch von Ihnen erbitten will.+

and — tail, +und beim Fliegen über dem Schwanze weiß befiedert war+.

+Steinpacker+, m.; or +Weißkelchen+, n.

They — eat = These birds are very much valued (+schätzen+) on account of their flesh.

= and live in the downs of.

= In the marshy part of the heath I saw a flock (+Schar+) of lapwings.

round and round, +immer im Kreise herum+.

one — spoke, +daß ich fast wähnte, sie sprechen zu hören+.

= I should be able to catch.

+gelang es ihm immer.+

+dann bist du schön angeführt worden!+

did — off, +suchten sie nicht ... davon abzulenken+, intruders = unbidden guests.

+Das hätte ich vorher wissen sollen.+

= for the bird caused (+veranlassen+) me to run a long time after it (+hinter einem herjagen+).

of — with = that I met.

+stechen+, str. v.

about — at, +über die Zubereitungsweise und die Verkaufspreise des Torfes+.

Section 203.

THE TWO SCHOOLBOYS, OR EYES AND NO EYES.

III.

TUTOR.—True. Vipers frequent those turfy, boggy grounds pretty much, and I have known several turf-cutters bitten by them.

WILLIAM.—They are very venomous, are they not?

TUTOR.—Enough so to make their wounds painful and dangerous, though they seldom prove fatal.

WILLIAM.—Well, I then took my course up to the windmill on the mount. I climbed up the steps of the mill, in order to get a better view of the country round. What an extensive prospect! I counted fifteen church steeples; I saw several gentlemen’s houses peeping out from the midst of green woods and plantations; and I could trace the windings of the river all along the low grounds, till it was lost behind a ridge of hills. But I will tell you what I mean to do, if you will give me leave.